The Killing Game (1978)
This followup is in many ways are more normal movie, it is less gritty and Matsuda is now just a regular stoic self-serving hitman and not quite the misogynistic asshole from the first. However, in the process it has also lost a bit of what made the first movie unique. I do miss some of that grittyness, but thankfully it makes up for with other elements. There is an impressive long one shot scene that is a worthy predecessor to that famous hospital scene in Hardboiled.
Rating: 3